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What does the 'Reset' button on an N64 actually do?
Please use the Reset Button!! The difference is Save Game corruption.
The Power Switch is an "order" to absolutely right now, power off the console. So if you are saving your progress it ...
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What is this Nintendo 64 DD flyswatter game from?
It appears to be from a mini game called Gnat Attack that appeared in an early prototype build of Mario Artist: Paint Studio, but was removed from the final product.
Same scene is shown here on a page ...
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Was blowing air to N64 Game Pack ever recommended?
No, it is not recommended.
The actual solution is the taking out and re-seating of the connection. Blowing air is something of a weird behavior. You risk blowing moisture onto the contacts and ...
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Nintendo (SNES, N64, etc.) Cartridge Revisions
Nintendo has two forms of revision numbers that they use for their cartridge games. The first one is the "-n" identifier on the end of the serial number which means that something physical about the ...
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Why did Donkey Kong 64 require more than 4 MB of memory?
Actually, there's evidence that the memory bug is just a myth.
The origin of the story about the memory leak comes from an interview with Chris Marlow, a programmer who worked on the game. According ...
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Was blowing air to N64 Game Pack ever recommended?
Seems that Nelson's answer is right.
To further back up the fact that this was not actually a good idea, seems that Nintendo even warns about it. Found this label at the back of the Gamepack (how ...
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Can an official N64 Rumble Pak be soldered to work without a battery?
There appears to be a few forums and videos showing that this is possible. One video includes this one:
It seems all you have to do is de-solder a 60Ω resistor that ...
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How can I view the contents of my controller pak?
In the N64 era, there was a requirement that every game that had compatibility with the controller pack must have a menu to manage the controller pack's data.
In most games that are compatible with ...
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Plugged a Japanese Nintendo 64 into UK mains, heard a snap and saw smoke come out of power supply. Is console ok?
Got a proper UK power supply today and thankfully the console itself still worked. If you made the same mistake as me, but you had the power off when you plugged it into the mains, then at least in my ...
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Why would Majora's Mask have needed the Expansion Pak for the "time mechanics"?
It's hard to say where this myth could've came from. The Wikipedia page on the Expansion Pak notes that both games that require the Pak to do anything, Donkey Kong 64 and Majora's Mask, were built ...
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Will an NTSC N64 Rumble Pak work in a PAL controller?
The following information doesn't seem to be easy to find so hopefully the following information can answer other questions.
N64 game controllers and Rumble PAK's are not region specific. They all ...
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Connect Nintendo 64 to a modern flat-screen TV?
Coincidentally, I also have a 55" Vizio TV and a Nintendo 64, my favorite console of them all, in my room. For whatever reason, I was able to get my GameCube to work with the TV, but I never could get ...
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How should foreign consoles be powered in Britain?
You shouldn't need anything additional to power your N64 in Britain. I've found a few sources to back this up https://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=19934.0 and https://forum.speeddemosarchive....
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Swapping boot and ROM chips on N64 cartridges
Sorry it's an old post, but I'm sure other folks are curious.
The main symptom of CIC failure is the console resets during play or stays on a black screen at boot. Even if this is true, usually it's ...
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Do Nintendo 64 motherboards fit in any revision N64 case?
tl;dr; A motherboard swap should work no problem.
I still recommend my other answer, but as pointed out it doesn't address the original question.
I pulled out a few spare consoles I have and found the ...
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N64 on HDTV white out on snow levels
I dont know if it helps at all but I connect mine via the 3 Pin Colored cables into a scart plug, then from that into a HDMI converter box and it works perfectly, I used to have this problem with the ...
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What does the 4MB N64 Expansion Pak do for Rainbow Six?
Checking the N64's memory, with a Gameshark or an emulator debugger like the one in Project 64, shows that Rainbow Six does use the Expansion Pak memory. The game is definitely doing something with ...
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What does the 4MB N64 Expansion Pak do for Rainbow Six?
The box is (probably) wrong.
1 2 Neither of these lists show that the Expansion Pak does anything for Rainbow Six. This review claims that the Expansion Pak boosts the resolution ("A CRT TV still ...
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How should foreign consoles be powered in Britain?
The Japanese mains voltage is 100 V, 50 or 60 Hz (depending on the region).
The US mains voltage is 110 V, 60 Hz.
The UK’s is 230 V, 50 Hz.
The frequency should not matter for consoles. As far as I ...
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Why does N64 screen go black after 1 or 2 hours of playing?
Probably overheating, most likely you are playing with the console on carpet and it's blocking the vent holes on the bottom of the console. The N64 generally runs very cool anyway so it takes a long ...
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Can you play European N64 games on a Japanese console?
N64 has a region lock chip for its games, so even if the japanese console worked (NTSC), you'd need an adapter to play the games. Adapters are said to not work for all games. IMO, it's not worth it, ...
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Why would Majora's Mask have needed the Expansion Pak for the "time mechanics"?
Unless the entire source code gets leaked like Super Mario 64 did then I think this information is simply going to be lost to the sands of time.
Game development is never some sort of perfect bubble ...
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Nintendo 64 Fried?
Have you maybe tried with a different expansion pack?
My SO bought a N64 in a garage sale and if I remember right, the issue was pretty much the same. Red light is on, but nothing of worth is ...
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I have a Nintendo 64 bought in South America and want to play it in Europe
The N64 could output 3 different video formats
NTSC - Japan / US
PAL - Europe / South America
PAL-M - Brazil
PAL-M except for the name is actually closer in specification to NTSC PAL-M ...
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Can't get my Nintendo 64 working
Sorry guys, the game I was using to test it out (Mario kart 64) was not working, but when I tested it with a different game (golden eye 007) it worked.
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My game won’t save on the N64 and I tried using both save functions
There is a possibility that you need an accessory to assist with this. Being that the console and game are so old, it's likely that the memory is/has deteriorated, causing issues when you save your ...
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How can I downgrade the OpenEmu core for Mupen64Plus?
This procedure worked for me:
Download the desired version zip file from the release page of the OpenEmu Mupen64Plus core GitHub project
Stop OpenEmu
Delete the current Mupen64Plus core; for instance ...
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N64 on digital TV
The video solutions for the Nintendo 64 are covered pretty well with comparison video captured in this Youtube video RGB205 Getting the Best Picture from your Nintendo 64 - MY LIFE IN GAMING
I use an ...
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How should foreign consoles be powered in Britain?
As far as i know, you would need a step down transformer of some kind in order to get the voltage from 220v to 110v or lower.
Depending on what sort of power you need will change the price of the ...
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